The nugget snoop is an entry level type of detector, simple control box and ease of use. The construction is acceptable but with small items such as locking nuts being absent from the toggle switch and headphone jack the detector presents visually as cheap.
With a pricetag, including shipping, of $354 I would have expected something better. However the supplier does compensate with additional goodies such as a detector bag, headphones and one of jack Langes detecting videos.
The instruction manual is probably one of the finest works of literature ever presented by the Chinese. It covers gripping topics like batteries and technical specifications and then moves onto a discourse on detector operation that barely made any sense at all.
I promptly stored this manual in a safe place and armed with a few simple facts gleaned off the Treasure Hunter website took the detector to my local beach and gave it a bash. At first I was disappointed with the operation of this detector, it responded poorly to ground ionisation and gave a lot of falsing when run in all-metal mode.
The secret to this detector is to run it in tone when on the beach and switch to disc notched around 4 or 5 when you get a good signal. This eliminates the falsing and allows for some idea of if the target is a trash or treasure. Rubbish generally gives a dull tone while treasure gives a high tone. This applies for small targets with larger, deep targets such a drink cans giving a high tone.
The pinpointer built into the detector is for me something of a novelty never having had this function before on my other detectors. It narrows down the target location to within 5 square centimetres on average and ensures a quicker target recovery.
When detecting in parks I run it in disc mode only notched to between 5 and 6. I switch to tone when I get a signal which then identifies if it is a pulltab or not by a double signal for pulltabs. I dig the bludgers anyway as you never know having pulled two one dollar coins from one hole which gave me an almost identical signature.
The secret to this detector is no mystery and is the same for pretty much every change in detectors. You need to spend time on the ground and get your ear around the signals it gives. The deepest target retrieved was a 20 cent piece at 14 inches which indicates that depth from this detector is respectable, however a keen ear is needed.
To date having had this detector for one month I rate it as a reasonable coin and relic detector that is simple to use, appears to be relatively robust and in my opinion is most likely worth what I paid for it.
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